Orange sim or usim?

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Jules - 16 Dec 2006 22:39 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to tell if a sim is a sim or a usim on orange
just by looking at it?

The sim I have here works in a Nokia 6230i but also appears to allow
a 3g 6680 onto 3g on orange, so I guess it must be a usim. Didn't
think these worked in 6230i's though.

Jules

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Gyp - 17 Dec 2006 15:06 GMT

>Can anyone tell me how to tell if a sim is a sim or a usim on orange
>just by looking at it?
>
>The sim I have here works in a Nokia 6230i but also appears to allow
>a 3g 6680 onto 3g on orange, so I guess it must be a usim. Didn't
>think these worked in 6230i's though.

I can't answer definitively as I don't have any 3g Orange SIMs, but my
T-mobile usim works fine in my unlocked 6230.

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Steve - 17 Dec 2006 16:29 GMT

>>Can anyone tell me how to tell if a sim is a sim or a usim on orange
>>just by looking at it?
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> I can't answer definitively as I don't have any 3g Orange SIMs, but my
> T-mobile usim works fine in my unlocked 6230.

Same here for o2, USIM working in a 6230

Steve

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Chris Boyd - 18 Dec 2006 22:20 GMT

> Can anyone tell me how to tell if a sim is a sim or a usim on orange
> just by looking at it?
> The sim I have here works in a Nokia 6230i but also appears to allow
> a 3g 6680 onto 3g on orange, so I guess it must be a usim. Didn't
> think these worked in 6230i's though.
> Jules

Generally speaking a USIM and SIM are both compatible in 2G and 3G
handsets, however you won't get any 3G service with a 3G phone if
you've only got a 2G SIM.

Recent Orange SIMs are yellow and purple, with 3G USIMs being green in
colour. USIMs have a 3 as the 7th digit (after the 894412 network
code) of the SIM number.

Hope this helps.

Chris

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Jules - 20 Dec 2006 15:04 GMT

>Recent Orange SIMs are yellow and purple, with 3G USIMs being green in
>colour. USIMs have a 3 as the 7th digit (after the 894412 network
>code) of the SIM number.

This one begins 894412235 yet allows 3g access so are you sure it is
the 7th digit that's a 3?

Thanks

Jules

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